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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 91.853 

the International Civil Aviation Orga-
nization (ICAO) Annex 16, Volume I, 
Amendment 7, effective March 21, 2002. 
The Director of the Federal Register in 
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 
CFR part 51 approved the incorporation 
by reference of this document, which 
can be obtained from the International 
Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), 
Document Sales Unit, 999 University 
Street, Montreal, Quebec H3C 5H7, Can-
ada. Also, you may obtain documents 
on the Internet at 

http://www.ICAO.int/ 

eshop/index.cfm. 

Copies may be reviewed 

at the U.S. Department of Transpor-
tation, Docket Operations, West Build-
ing Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 
DC 20590 or at the National Archives 
and Records Administration (NARA). 
For information on the availability of 
this material at NARA, call 202–741– 
6030, or go to: 

http://www.archives.gov/ 

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Contiguous United States 

means the 

area encompassed by the 48 contiguous 
United States and the District of Co-
lumbia. 

Fleet 

means those civil subsonic jet 

(turbojet) airplanes with a maximum 
certificated weight of more than 75,000 
pounds that are listed on an operator’s 
operations specifications as eligible for 
operation in the contiguous United 
States. 

Import 

means a change in ownership 

of an airplane from a non-U.S. person 
to a U.S. person when the airplane is 
brought into the United States for op-
eration. 

Operations specifications 

means an 

enumeration of airplanes by type, 
model, series, and serial number oper-
ated by the operator or foreign air car-
rier on a given day, regardless of how 
or whether such airplanes are formally 
listed or designated by the operator. 

Owner 

means any person that has in-

dicia of ownership sufficient to register 
the airplane in the United States pur-
suant to part 47 of this chapter. 

New entrant 

means an air carrier or 

foreign air carrier that, on or before 
November 5, 1990, did not conduct oper-
ations under part 121 or 129 of this 
chapter using an airplane covered by 
this subpart to or from any airport in 

the contiguous United States, but that 
initiates such operation after that 
date. 

Stage 2 noise levels 

mean the require-

ments for Stage 2 noise levels as de-
fined in part 36 of this chapter in effect 
on November 5, 1990. 

Stage 3 noise levels 

mean the require-

ments for Stage 3 noise levels as de-
fined in part 36 of this chapter in effect 
on November 5, 1990. 

Stage 4 noise level 

means a noise level 

at or below the Stage 4 noise limit pre-
scribed in part 36 of this chapter. 

Stage 2 airplane 

means a civil sub-

sonic jet (turbojet) airplane with a 
maximum certificated weight of 75,000 
pounds or more that complies with 
Stage 2 noise levels as defined in part 
36 of this chapter. 

Stage 3 airplane 

means a civil sub-

sonic jet (turbojet) airplane with a 
maximum certificated weight of 75,000 
pounds or more that complies with 
Stage 3 noise levels as defined in part 
36 of this chapter. 

Stage 4 airplane 

means an airplane 

that has been shown not to exceed the 
Stage 4 noise limit prescribed in part 36 
of this chapter. A Stage 4 airplane 
complies with all of the noise oper-
ating rules of this part. 

Stage 5 airplane 

means an airplane 

that has been shown not to exceed the 
Stage 5 noise limit prescribed in part 36 
of this chapter. A Stage 5 airplane 
complies with all of the noise oper-
ating rules of this part. 

Stage 5 noise level 

means a noise level 

at or below the Stage 5 noise limit pre-
scribed in part 36 of this chapter. 

[Doc. No. 26433, 56 FR 48658, Sept. 25, 1991, as 
amended by Amdt. 91–252, 61 FR 66185, Dec. 
16, 1996; Amdt. 91–275, 67 FR 45237, July 8, 
2002; Amdt. 91–288, 70 FR 38749, July 5, 2005; 72 
FR 68475, Dec. 5, 2007; Docket FAA–2015–3782, 
Amdt. 91–349, 82 FR 46132, Oct. 4, 2017] 

§ 91.853

Final compliance: Civil sub-

sonic airplanes. 

Except as provided in § 91.873, after 

December 31, 1999, no person shall oper-
ate to or from any airport in the con-
tiguous United States any airplane 
subject to § 91.801(c), unless that air-
plane has been shown to comply with 

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